Bassetlaw District Council elections

Bassetlaw District Council elections are held every four years. Prior to 2015, elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Bassetlaw District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 25 wards. ^[1]

Council elections

Year	Party in control		Turnout	SEATS					VOTE %					Notes
				Lab	Con	LD	Ind	Oth	Lab	Con	LD	Ind	Oth
1973		Labour	48.1%	29	11	0	11		43.9%	24.4%	0.0%	27.8%	3.8%
1976		No overall control	47.3%	18	24	0	9		31.9%	37.8%	5.9%	17.6%	6.8%
1979		Labour	76.9%	29	17	0	4		46.6%	37.3%	5.5%	8.5%	2.1%	New ward boundaries
1980		Labour	43.2%	31	15	0	4		53.7%	30.6%	4.7%	9.4%	1.7%
1982		Labour	40.5%	28	14	1	7		37.1%	34.9%	23.9%	4.0%	0.0%
1983		Labour	45.4%	27	19	1	3		46.0%	37.5%	13.6%	2.9%	0.0%
1984		Labour	46.3%	26	17	0	7		52.3%	36.6%	9.8%	0.9%	0.4%
1986		Labour	43.8%	27	19	0	4		49.2%	33.3%	11.8%	2.2%	3.5%
1987		Labour	48.1%	27	18	0	1		45.8%	33.2%	14.4%	3.7%	2.9%
1988		Labour	42.1%	26	19	0	5		55.8%	35.9%	4.4%	0.6%	3.4%
1990		Labour	50.2%	29	15	1	5		61.6%	27.3%	6.8%	3.4%	0.9%
1991		Labour	42.2%	29	15	1	5		51.4%	27.6%	7.7%	11.7%	1.6%
1992		Labour	36.6%	30	17	1	2		44.9%	43.3%	6.6%	5.2%	0.0%
1994		Labour	39.6%	30	16	2	2		59.1%	23.5%	9.9%	7.6%	0.0%
1995		Labour	35.2%	33	12	2	3		62.1%	25.1%	6.4%	3.4%	3.0%
1996		Labour	29.9%	34	6	3	5		59.1%	22.5%	5.9%	12.4%	0.0%
1998		Labour	25.7%	35	8	3	4		54.1%	35.4%	8.6%	0.0%	2.0%
1999		Labour	26.3%	32	12	3	3		50.3%	34.9%	8.4%	3.6%	2.8%
2000		Labour	25.8%	31	14	3	2		44.6%	41.8%	10.1%	2.5%	1.0%
2002		Labour	29.7%	28	16	3	1		41.1%	40.0%	8.3%	7.6%	3.0%	New ward boundaries
2003		Labour	27.3%	25	19	2	2		38.3%	40.1%	6.9%	11.8%	2.9%
2004		No overall control	42.1%	18	24	1	5		42.2%	40.9%	4.5%	12.4%	-
2006		Conservative	40.4%	14	28	1	5		46.3%	46.4%	-	6.5%	0.8%
2007		Conservative	32.1%	16	27	0	5		45.9%	46.8%	0.7%	6.6%	-
2008		Conservative	32.3%	16	30	0	2		39.9%	47.9%	-	11.1%	1.2%
2010		Conservative	62.1%	25	20	0	3		55.4%	36.5%	2.1%	5.3%	0.7%
2011		Labour	42.0%	27	18	0	3		62.7%	34.0%	1.2%	2.1%	-
2012		Labour	32.2%	34	11	0	3		65.8%	29.1%	1.3%	3.7%	-
2014		Labour	32.6%	35	10	0	3		49.8%	19.5%	1.5%	2.9%	26.3%
2015		Labour	63.7%	33	12	0	3	0	41.1%	33.8%	1.4%	4.0%	19.7%
2019		Labour	30.0%	37	5	1	5	0	45.4%	29.0%	4.7%	13.0%	8.0%
2023		Labour	31.5%	38	8	0	2	0	47.1%	35.5%	4.0%	9.5%	3.9%

District result maps

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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-elections

1995-1999

East Retford East By-Election 30 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Quigley	788	54.6	+5.1
	Labour	Susan Shaw	492	34.1	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Dobbie	163	11.3	+0.2
Majority			296	20.5
Turnout			1,443	24.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

Sutton By-Election 18 September 2003 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		335	87.5	+58.0
	Labour		48	12.5	+12.5
Majority			287	75.0
Turnout			383	24.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2007-2011

Worksop South By-Election 16 September 2010 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia May	815	51.98	+4.22
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	669	42.67	-10.59
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Maurice Duveen	84	5.36	+5.36
Turnout			1,568	28.5

Harworth By-Election 21 October 2010 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gloria June Evans	1,345	82.31
	Conservative	Tracey Lee Taylor	182	11.14
	Independent	Richard Vernon Bennett	68	4.16
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	39	2.39
Turnout			1,634	27.53

Worksop North East By-Election 10 February 2011 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John William Henry Anderton	1,198	74.04
	Conservative	Barry Albert Bowles	317	19.59
	Independent	Geoffrey Ernest Coe	75	4.64
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Peter Hunter	28	1.73
Turnout			1,618	32.09

2015-2019

Worksop South East By-Election 22 March 2018 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clayton Tindle	1,004	77.3	+21.1
	Conservative	Lewis Antony Stanniland	197	15.2	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Maurice Duveen	98	7.5	+7.5
Turnout				23.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Retford West By-Election 15 November 2018 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Callingham	441	49.9	+12.6
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	296	33.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tamblyn-Saville	146	16.5	+3.7
Majority			145	16.4
Turnout			883
	Labour hold		Swing

2019-2023

Ranskill By-Election 6 May 2021 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Bowers	454	63.0	+34.0
	Independent	Michael Gray	193	26.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Leon Duveen	74	10.3	+3.9
Majority			261	36.2
Turnout			721
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton By-Election 6 May 2021 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Depledge	422	63.7	+37.3
	Labour	Laura Sanders	134	20.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harris	107	16.1	+16.1
Majority			288	43.4
Turnout			663
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Tuxford and Trent By-Election 6 May 2021 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Stanniland	745	57.7	+14.2
	Labour	David Naylor	472	36.5	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Nixon	75	5.8	+5.8
Majority			273	21.1
Turnout			1,292
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Retford South By-Election 29 July 2021 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Introna	493	40.1	+22.5
	Independent	Helen Richards	488	39.7	+39.7
	Labour	James Napier	247	20.1	-42.0
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,288
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sutton By-Election 24 November 2022 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darrell Pulk	301	55.9	+35.7
	Conservative	Fraser McFarland	224	41.6	-22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Ray	13	2.4	-13.7
Majority			77	14.3
Turnout			538
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "The District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2000/3285, retrieved 20 August 2022
2. "Lib Dem vote slumps in home counties". guardian.co.uk . London. 19 September 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
3. By-election results Archived 29 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Bassetlaw District Council
4. Harworth By-election results Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Bassetlaw District Council
5. Worksop North East By-election result Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Bassetlaw District Council
6. "Worksop South East By-Election 22nd March 2018 - Bassetlaw District Council". www.bassetlaw.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
7. "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — East Retford West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Ranskill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Sutton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Tuxford and Trent Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
12. "Local Elections Archive Project — East Retford South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Sutton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Bassetlaw District Council